"Without concrete and desirable goals, a budget is just drudgery," Rich said.

没有稳固和满意的目标，预算就会成为一件苦差事。

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As Rich said, “if all you are doing is budgeting, you are destined for a financial “’relapse.’”

就如瑞奇所说：“如果你只是一味做预算不考虑个人价值，那你的财政状况注定会再度塌陷。

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By using cash (or gift CARDS), the theory is that when the money runs out, you're done shopping-that's if you don't run to the ATM to restock "to buy 'just one more thing," Rich said.

用现金(或礼物卡)的原理就是当你的钱用光了，你的购物也结束了——前提是如果你不跑去自动取款机那取钱“准备再买一点东西”的话。

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They said it was unfair. "It's a rich man's war," they cried, "but a poor man's fight.

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I went to see a rich girl I knew. In the morning she pulled a hundred-dollar bill out of her silk stocking and said, "You've been talking of a trip to Frisco. That being the case, take this and go have your fun." So all of my problems were solved.

我去看望我以前认识的一位有钱的姑娘,到了早上，她从丝绸钱袋里取出一张100元的支票说：,“既然你那么向往到圣弗兰西斯科的旅行，拿着这个去寻找你的快乐吧“，这下我的问题全部解决了。

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Because Roman legal structures-- and they even said this in Roman laws-- if you're a judge and you have a rich man and a poor man in your court, of course you're going to decide for the rich man, because the poor man has incentive to cheat; he's poor. But the rich man already has money, he doesn't have any incentive to cheat.

因为罗马法律结构。。。,甚至罗马法律中就这么写着。。。,如果你是法官，一个穷人和一个富人，同时出现在法庭上，你当然会偏袒富人，因为穷人有欺骗的动机，贫穷;,而富人已经很有钱了，没有动机再去行骗。

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"Consumers are provided with very poor information when they are buying new homes, " Mr Rich said.

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Manager Angie Rich said the centre was full and staff were desperately trying to help rough sleepers.

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Mr Rich said students may also be struggling to control their spending in the face of rising debts.

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